Tool-box.



W. S.- SMITH.

TOOL Box. APP I 'IIOATIOH FILED JULY 26, 1910 Patented May 14, 1912'.

Inventor Witnesses Attdrneys WASHINGTON S. SMITH, OF PARKERSBURG, .WEST VIRGINIA.

TOOL-BOX.

.Specifica'tio'n of Letters l?atent.

Application filed July 26,1910. I Serial No; 573,920.-

To all talc-0m it'may concern: I I

Be it known. that I, VVASHINGTON S.

SMITH, a citizen of the United States, resid-.

ing atParkersburg, in the countyof "Wood and State of vil est Virginia, have invented a new and useful Tool-.Bo'x,, of which the -followi11g is a specification." I

, The device forming thesubject matter of a thisapplication, is a box or chest, in which heavy tools are adapted 'to be deposited, the.

device being intended primarily, although not. exclusively, to be employed for holding those tools which well drillers employ',i n the prosecution of their-craft. p i It is theobject of this invention to provide a tool box which mayreadily bemoved f as about from place to place upon suitable runners, and so to construct. the box that a,

draft appliance of any sort maybe assembled with the box to pull the same" about.

Another object of the invention is to'deg vise a tool box well adapted to withstand the severe strains incident to: the moving operation above described.

Another object of. the invention is to proride a novel means for lockingjthe lid of to serve as a means whereby the box may. be drawn about, and to serve as an attachlng element for many of the component ele- I elements, the flange '5 maybe connected with. 1

being tampered with.

the box in place, and to prevent thebox from Another object of the invention to pro vide a tool box with a band adapted at once ments of the tool box structure.

In the drawings, Figure-1 shows-the invention in perspective; Fig. '2 is a trans: verse section upon line A--B of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section, the

cuttingplane being passed at right angles to the line A-B of Fig. 1; and Fig. 1- is an.

end elevation of a'modiflcation. v

'Tn carrying out the invention there is provided, as a primary and fundamental element, a box, denoted generally by'the.

numeral 1. This box 1 maybe fashioned in any desired manner, and from any chosen material. -Preferably, however, the box 1 is fashioned from iron, a single piece of that metal being employed to form the front wall 2, the rear wall 3, and the end walls l,

the strip of metal from which the-several walls 2, 3 and 4C are fashioned, being bent at one end, to form a flange 5, adapted to fit against the inner face of one of the end walls.

4. By means of rivets '601 other 'secu'rin like;

the end 4, as seen to best advantage in Fig l The bottom 7 is bent up-' 1 of the'drawings. wardly, as shown at 8, about its periphery, to form a flange. This flange fits within .the contour of the box, and is ,secured-to-the 2, 3 and 4-, by means of rivets 9 or the Walls The runnersupon which the box 1 rests instance, if desired, angle members 10 may be provided, one flange of these angle mem bers .10 being bound between the flanges 8 of the, bottom 7 and the side walls 2 and 3, as

may be fashioned inga variety of ways. For

seen most clearly in FigxQ. The other.

flanges of the angle members. 10. are disposed-in parallel relation to the'bottom 7,

and are spaced at some distance below the same. Between these last named flanges -;.and thefibottom 7, bars 11, preferably, al

though not. necessarily, of wood, maybe mounted, and held in place in any desired manner.

a The box 1 is surrounded, relatively near; to its upper edge, by a band 12.. Upon the end Walls 4. of the box, the intermediate port-ionsof the; band -12 are outwardly bent, away from'the. end wallst, as shown at 14:.

Thes'e outwardly bent portions 14: of the band 12"are adapted to serve as handles,

wvhereby the tool box may be lifted. abo'ut.

fMoreover, suitable draft rigging ofany sort" may be mounted in one of the portions 1 of the'bandlQ, whereby the tool box may be drawn about, the runners fashioned by the elements 10 and-11, serving to engage the ground,- to space the toolbox proper against contact therewith. 'A-lid 15 is provided, and

flange 16,'fashioned from angle members. These angle members may be riveted, or

otherwise secured, inone flange, to the -lid 15, the other [flange of each angle member PatentedMay 14, 1-912.

this lid 15 carries upon its lower face :a

depending. The flange 16 which is formed by the-depending portions of the. angle" members, isadap'ted to'flt within the walls 2, 3 and l, relatively close to the said walls;

When theflid'o'ffthe box is closed,-this flange v I 16,,will prevent a wedge. shaped tool from 1 being introduced between the lid 15 and the 15 open.

-'-Theinvention further includes a tool-- holding tray, preferably fashioned froma "single piece of metal, and comprising-a front Wall,17, 1 a bottom 18, and a rear Wall 19;

upper: edge of thebox l, to an extent sufli cient to give enough leverage to' pry the lid This tray extends longitudinally of the tool box 1. the upper edge of the front wall 17 of the tray being notched, as shown at '10, to receive the flange 16 which depends from the lid The lid 15 is secured to the box 1 by means of hinges. By referring to Fig- 2 of the drawingsfltwill be seen that one member 21 of each hinge is secured by means of retaining elements 22- to the lid 15, and to the dependinglfiange 1G. The other member '23 of each hinge is secured by means of retaining ele ments 24 to the band 12, the rear wall 3 of the box, and to the rear wall 19 ot' the tray. Bars 25 are disposed upoirthe inner face of the front wall of the box, these bars being adapted to upstand slightlyabove the upper edge of the front wall 2. and to register in openings '27 in the lid 15. In the bars there are openings 28, disposed above the lid- 15 when the lidis in closedposition.and

through these openings 28,1ocks. seals or the like. may be introduced. Retaining elements 26 serve to mite the band 12 with the front wall 2 of the box and with the bars It is to be noted that the hinges, the tray, and thebars 25' are all united with the band 12. this-band 12, in addition to its function as ameans for moving the box about. serving, likewise, as a reinforcing element. adapted to receive the retaining members whereby the several'separable parts of the tool boxv are held together.

In fashioning. thebox, the band 12 is mounted in place about the box. By reason ot' the fact that the band extends entirely around the box, the rear wall 19 of the tray may be mounted either upon the wall 2 of the box, orupon the wall 3 thereof. the lid 15 being likewise hinged, either to the wall 2 or to the wall 3. The relative positions of the lid 15 and of the tray may therefore be shifted in the process of mauu'tzu-ture. the

hand 12 serving as a suitable attachment for the tray and for the hinges of the lid. in any case.

\Vhen the lid 15 is swung into closed posi tion, not only is the body portion of the toot box closed, but, as well. the tray, consisting If desired, as shown in Fig. 1 the device may consist of a modified receptacle. 100 upon which the lid 15 rests at an angle to the horizontal so as to shed waterwhich may fall upon it.

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed is i A device otlthe class described comprising a box; a bottom'for the box having a liangc disposed parallel to the side wall of the box: an angle member having one flange engaged bet ween the flange of the bottom and the sidewall 01 the box, the other liange ot' the angle member being disposed below the hottom and approximately parallel to the. bottom; and a bar transvcrscl; ihscrtiblc littween the last ineutiomd flange and the bot-- tom. to reinforce the bottom. and to reinforce the last. mentioned flange. wherclrv the a handsurrounding the box; securing elements ex tended through the hand. through the wall or the box. and through the rear wall of the t ray.

in testimony that l claim the foregoing as in own. I have hereto allixcd in signalure in the presence of two witnesses. 

